Many times while I’m talking to someone about media conversion, the first thing I hear is “It costs too much”. My feeling and response is It costs too much NOT to do it!
Many might ask how I can say that. That’s what I want to talk about.
I was recently reviewing a small mini-dv tape from my brothers family. Due to him being 6 years younger and me being away in the army we never really got close. By the time I got out of the Army he was living on the other side of the country and was busy with his family.
So while reviewing these converted videos of his I learned so much about a man I grew up with but didn’t really know.
I watched as my young nephew interviewed his dad for a School project. In the process I learned he played professional baseball for nearly. Years before an injury ended his career.
I watched my nephews as they played sports ( sometimes not so well!) and practiced music on many of the tapes. (He later went on to perform in the Carnegie Hall before graduating from High School.
All this while I knew my brother was a skilled musician but many families have someone who plays a guitar.
On several of the tapes I watched as he not only played several different guitars including a 12 string, but he sang too. And well!
Where was this all taking place? At a John Denver Reunion gathering in Aspen Colorado. He was performing in front of the audience and with other members of John Denver’s Group.
But here is the biggie. I spent a lot of my growing years with my Grandma on the farm in Minnesota. I was very close to her and she meant the world to me. I was devastated when she passed away.
As my brother performed, he came to a place in his performance where he announced he going to sing about Grandma Millie in a song he wrote.
Turn on the waterworks here. I lost it again…
So why talk to your family and friends about media conversion? Think about it.
Because I had my brother convert his old media, I learned: He played professional baseball for 4 years, his sons were athletes and musicians as well, my brother can sing and perform, and he writes many of his own songs. Oh, did I mention after his baseball career he became a commercial airline pilot?
If I had kept quiet about media conversion and not reviewed these videos I never would have known.
What family secrets will your friends and family miss out on?
Talk to them today! Please?
If you would like to see this video here is the edited version
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